The Madison font is copyright 1987 by Bradley Poulson. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND
The Madison font was developed as an "all caps" font. It has evolved since its initial creation to its present form. It is easy to read on the screen, and prints quite nicely on Apple Computer's Imagewriter and ImageWriter II printers.
TECHNICAL STUFF
Madison has a font ID# of 221. This ID# may be changed by users either directly (with a tool such as Apple Computer's ResEdit) or indirectly (by programs which resolve font ID conflicts). Changing the name of the font might be necessary in certain rare instances. However, it is my preference that the name not be changed by users.
The Madison font supports the complete character set of the original Macintosh computer, with all its wonderful extra symbols, letters with diacritical marks, etc. In addition, there are a number of extra characters that are not traditional (vowels with long marks, a "c" and
an "s" with carons and a couple other goodies).
Note that Madison's extra characters do not precisely correspond to the extra characters that appeared in fonts provided by Apple for use on the LaserWriter printer. Madison was developed before the LaserWriter became available.
If you have a Macintosh 512 computer (unenhanced) or a 128K Macintosh computer, do *not* use this font. There will be big problems, as the older Macintosh ROMs will not support the larger font sizes.
COPYRIGHT AND DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION
Madison is copyright 1987 by Bradley Poulson. All rights reserved.
This font is "shareware", a method of distributing copyrighted works. It is not public domain.
Madison works fine on my computer system. It may not on yours. No warrantees are implied, and HvF may not be suitable for any of your purposes.
As author of the font, I choose to place limits on its distribution. But as I'm a generous person, these limits are quite fair (I can even be flexible).
The possessor of Madison is granted permission to use the font on a single printer for a period of one month. At the end of the month, the possessor must either register as a purchaser of the font (as discussed below), or must cease using the font.
Possessors of Madison may provide copies of this font, along with all related files, to any user willing to accept the terms of this agreement. This font may be distributed either by floppy disk (or similar magnetic medium) or by electronic means (such as via modem). Madison may not be sold. Fees can be charged in association with Madison, however, such as by users' groups for duplicating fees, commercial services for downloading time, etc.
If a user chooses to keep and use Madison for more than one month, a fee of $10 for the font is due me (at the address below). This fee entitles the registrant to use Madison as he or she sees fit, so long as it is not used on more than one printer at any given time. This registration fee can be waived if Madison is simply maintained on a disk (or other medium) for archival or redistribution purposes (i.e., a users' group librarian doesn't necessarily have to pay the fee, nor would a telecommunication service such as CompuServe).
If you're interested in tremendous bargain, you can choose to pay a $20 fee. In return you become a "Brad's Fonts Multiply Registered Individual". As a BFMRI, you will receive from me at least two floppy disks (800K) with latest versions of a number of my fonts, with licenses to use all of these fonts. Some of my fonts are Neshota (sometimes acclaimed as "the best ever font for the Apple ImageWriter, bar none"), HelveticaFractions (a LaserWriter font of single keystroke, reduced fractions), ChicagoSymbols (a LaserWriter font with some handy symbols (boxes, the command/squiggle symbol, etc.)), and whatever else I have at hand (like maybe a nifty LaserWriter font of Nordic runes (if I ever get the screen font done...)).
Any questions or payments (U.S. checks or equivalent only, please) can be directed to me at the address below. I'm also fairly readily available on CompuServe, ID 76074,1655. When registering, please include your name and address, and please tell me where you obtained Madison. Thanks!
